St Helens, Merseyside
UK
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Antenna is x dipole, top elements 24'
above ground.
rx is the R2ZX
WXtoImg
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John Barfoot, Dick Barton, Gavin Myers
This image was recorded at The Southdowns Planetarium and Science Centre, located at Chichester.
Fred E. Piering WD9HNU
Maitland, FL
USA (former colony)
The antenna was a Double Cross (home built)
The receiver is a crystal controlled receiver (home built)
Feed Line is 50 feet of RG-8X (measured loss of 1.96 dB)
The software is WXtoImg Ver: 2.8.14c
The pass was on 2008-09-20 at 18:30:03 UTC
The slight herringbone is interference that comes and goes. I have not been able to track it down. It seems to disappear for a week or two, then shows up for a few days. As luck would have it, the day of the contest it is here. Tomorrow it will probably be gone. I am submitting two, the Channel 2 only, which is unprocessed, but lacks some contrast. I have also sent a better looking version, which is the “Pristine” mode which has no processing whatsoever. I did flip the picture upright, as it was a south to north picture, and you are not in Australia, so….
Heerenveen
NETHERLANDS
NOAA18 pass of 11.49 UTC.
Barry Carson
UK
UK
NOAA 18 11:4 UTC pass
Dartcom QFH indoors with John Silver pre-amp and R2ZX
Processed with WXtoIMG
Not too bad for an indoor aerial. Captured automatically as I was at work on Saturday. Next time I'll try and set the aerial up in the garden.
CANTERBURY
UK
RX2 CC PAUL HAYES QFH
WXTOIMG Ver 2.8.14
19/09/2008 14:43 bst noaa 18
Hartington, ON
CANADA
Receiver: VANGUARD WEPIX 2000B with Vanguard pre-amp
Antenna: pair of 4 element crossed YAGIs
Receiving software: WxSat
Processing software: Satsignal
Image date and time: Sept. 20, 2008 18:41 UTC at closest approach.
Edinburgh
UK
RX2, Paul Hayes QFH
Captured by WXSat, processed by SatSignal.
2008 Sep 20, 1332 UTC.
Vasa, Finland
David Anderson
Loughborough
LE12 6PP
UK
Receiver: R2ZX (Purchased from GEO)
Antenna: Turnstile (Purchased from GEO)
Software: WxtoIMG - Standard Edition - Version 2.8.14c
Date/Time of pass: 20th September 2008 11.52 UTC
Cheshunt
Hertfordshire
UK
Receiver: R2ZX with antenna diversity enabled.
Antenna: Crossed dipole and home made QFH mounted in the loft.
Software: WXtoImg registered version 2.8.14
Date/Time: Saturday 20th September 2008 @ 13:32 UTC
Chris Warrington
Rhodesia, Worksop, Notts
UK
NOAA 18 pass received 20th September 2008 @ 13:31 UT
Received using a RIGSat RX2 WRG 24/11/97 fitted with Computer Control Kit and GEO PIC 1.0 and a Turnstile Antenna
Processed using WXSat Version 2.5 rev. 9.2
Frank Skillington
Rainworth, Nottingham UK
Receiver RX2, Antenna Turnstile APT
Software WXtoImg v2.8.14-c
Date and time of pass 20 09 2008 at 1331
Paul-Jan van Gils , PA1PJ
Amersfoort, The Netherlands
N 52˚ 11’ 31,9” E 5˚ 23’ 46,0”
NOAA-18 Saturday September 20 , 2008 , 13:30 UTC
Rev. number : 17293
Max. elevation 30˚
R2FX receiver with a homebrew Turnstile antenna
WxToImg, Satsignal V5.1.0.550
Frank Skillington
Rainworth, Nottingham NG21 0GX
Receiver RX2, Antenna Turnstile APT
Software WXtoImg v2.8.14-c
Date and time of pass 20 09 2008 at 1331
Antenna :Quad Filiar Helical- QHA
Antenna :Quad Filiar Helical- QHA